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SILVER LAKE - Preliminary reports put the cost of upgrading Silver Lake's water system at $1.6 million. Gove & Associates and Peerless Midwest provided the initial figures during Tuesday's town council meeting after completing a study of the system, including mains, valves and hydrants. The four-phase project includes (1) replacing and/or repairing hydrants, new valves, enlarging the backwash lagoon, changing the chlorination room piping and other costs - $122,000; (2) improving service to industry with an 8-inch line along Ind.15, valves, hydrant assemblies, an 800-foot, 6-inch line along Neher Drive and other costs - $154,200; (3) replacing all 2-inch lines with 6-inch lines, valve and hydrant assemblies, increasing well and plant capacity, a new well, plant upgrade to 650,000 gallons-per-minute flow and other costs - $547,200; and (4) a new 300,000-gallon water tower and other costs - $825,000.
Ruth Anne Lipka, Times-Union Lifestyles Editor- | July 28, 2016

Election To Dissolve Barbee Lakes Conservancy District Scheduled Dec. 10

The future of the Barbee Lakes Conservancy District will be decided by a freeholders' election Dec.10. The only question on the ballot will be whether or not to dissolve the district with voters marking "yes" or "no," board members decided Wednesday during a special meeting.The election will be in the Barbee Conservation Building with hours from 9 a.m.to 9 p.m. The election came about because the board received a petition to disolve the district in October.That petition has been certified by the county's circuit court. Dissolution is possible because no sewer construction plans have been established for six years.However the board recently gave a subdivision contractor more than $70,000 to install an 8-inch sewer pipe from CR 500N to North Webster.The line is large enough to carry Barbee Lakes-area sewage for treatment, too.
TERESA SMITH, Times-Union Staff Writer- | July 28, 2016

At Least 2 New Faces On Warsaw School Board

Some new faces will be on two of the three local school boards after Tuesday's election. If the results go uncontested, the new members of the Warsaw School Board will include Dan Robinson, District 3; Charles Sauders, District 4; and Deb Wiggins, District 6. However, with Sauders winning District 4 by only 5 votes (767 to Sterling Watkins' 762 votes), and with a problem Tuesday at Warsaw Ward 2, Precinct 1 (not Ward 2, Precinct 2 as county clerk Sharon Christner originally reported yesterday), a recount or revote is not out of the question if Watkins petitions for either one. Watkins could not be reached this morning for comment. The problem Tuesday was that a voting booth did not include the District 4 candidates on the ballot.Though Christner yesterday said the booth was shut down as soon as the problem was found, up to 63 votes could be affected.
DAVID SLONE, Times-Union Staff Writer- | July 28, 2016

Four Men Rob Local Veal Barn

A Warsaw man was robbed by four men outside a local veal barn Friday evening. Jose Lopez, of Anchorage Road, Warsaw, was alone in the Strauss Veal barn at 6218 S.CR 400W, Warsaw, around 7 or 7:30 p.m.Friday when a vehicle drove around the parking lot and then left. According to Lopez, who spoke to the Kosciusko County Sheriff's Department through an interpreter, about 20 minutes later the car returned and a man entered the south door of the barn and asked Lopez about a job.Lopez told the man to leave and closed the door. Then three men approached Lopez while he was still near the south door of the barn.Lopez believes the men entered the barn through a different door while the other man distracted him at the south door. The three men then let the fourth man back into the barn. Two of the men were armed with large folding knives and another had a large stick or club.The fourth man was not armed.
JEN GIBSON, Times-Union Staff Writer- | July 28, 2016

Gubernatorial Hopeful Harris Stumps In Warsaw

Randy Harris is the mayor of Petersburg who wants to be governor of Indiana. After visiting the Warsaw Noon Optimist Club Monday, Harris visited the Times-Union newsroom, bringing with him a bright enthusiasm and his common-sense campaign. "Across the state I hear similar concerns," he said."Where did the money go? How did we go from a $2 billion surplus to raising taxes? Is there anyone who doesn't believe we pay enough in taxes? We just need to manage the money better." Harris came to Petersburg as the news director of a local radio station.Two years later, in 1991, Harris, then 25, was elected the state's youngest mayor.As a Republican in a Democrat-dominated county, he is now in his third term as mayor. Harris said he didn't let politics get in the way of putting the best people into decision-making positions. That's the common sense he wants to take to the Statehouse.
TERESA SMITH, Times-Union Staff Writer- | July 28, 2016

Manchester Murder Details Released At Initial Hearing

WABASH -ÊA North Manchester man killed in his mobile home in July was beaten to death with a baseball bat while laying in his bed and robbed of $300, according to probable cause affidavits from Wabash County. Jacob Malone Jr., 24, of Peru, allegedly told friends that he used a baseball bat to hit Leodegario M.Rodriguez, 30, of North Manchester, in the head almost 30 times.Then Malone reportedly joked about the sound of Rodriguez's last breath. Malone, Samuel Sims, 22, of Peru, and Harrison Shane Dickerhoff, 21, of Peru, are each charged with murder and burglary and robbery, both Class A felonies. The three men reportedly split $300 they stole from Rodriguez during the robbery. Malone, Sims and Dickerhoff appeared in Wabash Circuit Court Tuesday for initial hearings.If found guilty of murder, the men face 45 to 65 years in prison.The Class A felony robbery and burglary charges carry up to 50 years in prison and a $10,000 fine.
JEN GIBSON, Times-Union Staff Writer- | July 28, 2016

Schools Concerned About Timing Of Tax Distributions

School board officials are concerned about receiving their June 30, 2007, tax distributions because the county assessor's office hasn't submitted the "in-between" reassessments to the auditor's office, let alone to the Department of Local Government Finance for approval. County assessors had until July 1 to submit the new assessments to county auditors for review.County auditors had until Aug.1 to send the documents to the Department of Local Government Finance.The county's assessed values are used to approve budgets and certify tax rates. Warsaw Community Schools Superintendent Dr.Robert Hayworth and Chief Financial Officer Kevin Scott approached the county council Thursday. "We understand the assessors are working hard on trending.It's a tedious and time-consuming process," Hayworth said about the process of taxing a property based on its marketable value."My fear is that it may take longer than we're being told and that pushes back our June 30 distribution.
TERESA SMITH, Times-Union Staff Writer- | July 28, 2016

Jury Views Video Of Crime Scene In Murder Trial

Jurors saw a video of the scene where Jill Phillips' body was found and heard testimony from four more witnesses Thursday in the Jason Ryan murder trial. Kosciusko County Sheriff's Department Lt.Sam Whitaker, Kelly Gawthrop, Chasidy Bertman and Dianne Luke took the stand in Thursday's installment of the trial. Whitaker, who took the stand first and was questioned the longest, explained that he was in charge of the investigation of Phillips' murder from June 10, 2001, until January 2002, when he became the work release director for Kosciusko County. After explaining an aerial map of Syracuse and the surrounding area, Whitaker showed the jury the whereabouts of Phillips' apartment, Turkey Creek, the location where Phillips' body was found, the pay telephone Phillips used on the day of her disappearance and road and highways relevant to locations in the case.
JEN GIBSON, Times-Union Staff Writer- | July 28, 2016

Bush Points To Mexico In Foreign Policy Resume

AUSTIN, Texas (AP) - Gov.George W.Bush points to Texas' relations with Mexico as evidence that he has the international experience needed to become president. Dogged about his foreign policy know-how throughout the Republican presidential campaign, the two-term governor defended himself this week. 'There's a foreign policy component to being governor of Texas, and that's dealing with Mexico, South America and Central America,' he said in New Hampshire. Governor since 1995, Bush has made numerous trips to Mexico, befriended its leaders and those of other Latin American countries, supported the North American Free Trade Agreement and split sharply with some fellow Republicans on illegal immigration. And both Bush, the front-runner for the GOP presidential nomination, and his state have reaped political and economic rewards from the ties to Mexico, experts say.
Associated Press- | July 28, 2016

CVB Board Panel Meets With Tourism Director

Bringing tourists to northern Indiana is the goal of the Northern Indiana Tourism Development Commission. NITDC, as it is known, is composed of nine convention and visitor bureaus.The local CVB is one of the members. The Kosciusko County Convention Recreation and Visitor's Commission asked NITDC representatives to talk about the benefits of belonging to the group. NITDC director Dan Bearss and Porter County tourism director Lorelei Weimer appeared at the Visitor's Center in Warsaw Friday. For $37,500, Bearss said, this county's attractions are highlighted in Midwest Living magazine, block ads (30 ads in six issues) in the Chicago Tribune's newspaper Travel Section (26 weeks) and the new Northern Indiana Getaway Guide.The promotions package also includes a spot in the Indiana Toll Road Travel Directory, which is distributed on the I-80/90 toll road.
TERESA SMITH, Times-Union Staff Writer- | July 28, 2016

CCS Move Complete, But Need For Help Continues

It took a year, several hundred volunteer hours, and months of planning, but Combined Community Services is completely moved into its new home on Prairie Street. "We've had a lot of help getting in here," said CCS director Marty Courtney."It's been a long process just to find a place." Formerly located at 212 E.Market St., the agency was notified last November by its landlord, Reub Williams & Sons Inc., that a buyer was interested in the property.A previous agreement between the parties allowed CCS at least six months to find a new site, an allowance that was later extended to one year. One hurdle CCS had to overcome was paying for a new headquarters after staying at the former site rent-free since 1984.Help for that expense came from the community CCS serves. Besides using its own building fund savings, CCS received help from a $10,000 donation from St.Anne's Episcopal Church, and was the recipient of a bequest from a local citizen's will.
Laurie Hahn, Times-Union Staff Writer- | July 28, 2016

No Special Election For Wawasee Board

SYRACUSE - No special election will be held for the Wawasee School Board, despite confusion on the Nov.5 ballot. The earliest date the Wawasee School Board has to make changes to its policy is Oct.13, 1999.Procedure was followed according to the policy currently in place, so there will be no special election. What was a primary issue to some patrons at Tuesday night's 2-1/2 meeting, but almost a postscript to routine business, arose after the Nov.5 election.
KATHY CONE, Times-Union Correspondent- | July 28, 2016

Former Sen. Wheeler Dead At 75

Former Republican state Sen.Harold 'Potch' Wheeler, Larwill, died Monday after battling bone cancer.He was 75. Wheeler served Senate District 17 in northern Indiana from 1983 to 2002, and was majority caucus chairman before he retired. "He was a person you could talk to," said Avis Gunter, Kosciusko County commissioner, today."He did care about the people he represented." Gunter said Wheeler would attend whatever functions in Kosciusko County that he could.She'd known him since he was put into office as a senator "too long ago." Wheeler is survived by his wife, Darlene; his children, Johnna, Kim and Tara; seven grandchildren, and two great-grandchildren. His obituary appears on page 3A of today's newspaper.
Staff Report- | July 28, 2016

Quorum Health Group Buys KCH

Sometimes bigger is better. That's the principle Kosciusko Community Hospital board of directors is following with their decision to sell the hospital to Quorum Health Group Inc., based in Brentwood, Tenn. The proposed sale will be final on Jan.1, providing no unforeseen snags develop between now and then, said Willis Ault, chairman of the board, announced today to approximately 200 KCH employees. "Last night, the board of directors unanimously voted to affiliate with Quorum Health Group," Ault said."KCH will be wholly sold to Quorum.The proceeds will be used to form a foundation promoting health care in Kosciusko County." The selling price was not disclosed. He said all KCH employees will be offered the opportunity to retain their positions after the sale, a fact backed strongly by KCH President Wayne Hendrix. "Your jobs are assured.Part of the negotiations were that all employees will be hired (by Quorum)," Hendrix said.
DAVID A. BEALL, Times-Union Staff Writer- | July 28, 2016

Thieves Hit Liquor Store

A break-in reported at 8 a.m.Thursday likely occurred about 4:30 a.m., when an alarm company was notified of a power outage there. An employee of Service Liquors, Lake City Highway, Warsaw, discovered the break-in when she came to work.A section of siding on the back of the building was torn off and wood sheeting behind that was broken out, allowing the suspect(s) to gain entry to the building. Police noted that several items appeared to be out of place in the business, including the fact that all of the switches in the fuse panel were in the "off" position and a cooler door was ajar. The owner of the business, Ed Likens, told Warsaw police he was contacted by his alarm company about 4:30 a.m.Thursday and advised that there was a loss of power to the business, but the backup power had kicked in.Likens told police he asked the alarm company employee if he needed to go and check the business, but was told that wasn't necessary.
Ruth Anne Lipka, Times-Union Lifestyles Editor- | July 28, 2016

Milford Clarifies ATV Rules

MILFORD -ÊWhen Ricardo Rodriguez purchased an all-terrain vehicle for simple transportation across town and to work, he said, he didn't know it was illegal to drive his ATV inside the town limits. Until an officer stopped him and told him otherwise. Monday, Rodriguez asked the Milford town council to clarify the laws regarding ATVs in town and asked if they could change the rules. Town attorney Jay Rigdon said a state law prohibits ATVs from being driven in town limits. Rodriguez said he didn't want to drive the ATV in town, he just wanted to drive it across town or to work. "State law prohibits that from happening," Rigdon said.He said the town cannot allow ATVs to be ridden in town if state law forbids it. He suggested the best place to change those laws is at the state Legislature level.
DAVID SLONE, Times-Union Staff Writer- | July 28, 2016

Anika Therapeutics Signs Marketing Deal With Zimmer

Anika Therapeutics Inc., (NASDAQ: Anik), Woburn, Mass., announced it has signed an exclusive multi-year marketing and distribution agreement with Zimmer Inc., a billion-dollar subsidiary of Bristol-Myers Squibb (NYSE:BMY). Zimmer will represent Anika's ORTHOVISC product, sodium hyaluronate for injection, for the treatment of osteoarthritis of the knee in the U.S., Canada and select Asia-Pacific markets.The deal is potentially worth up to $23 million. Zimmer paid Anika $2.5 million at signing and is obligated to pay up to an additional $20.5 million contingent upon the attainment of certain regulatory and sales milestones.According to terms of the agreement, the two companies will share in the revenues generated by Zimmer's sales and marketing efforts and Anika will exclusively manufacture ORTHOVISC for Zimmer.
Staff Report- | July 28, 2016

'Winter In The Garden' Gala Planned Nov. 19

The 2005 Festival of Trees committee has finalized plans for the first annual Festival of Trees Winter in the Garden Gala Nov.19 at Stonehenge Country Club. In addition to dinner and dancing, the evening's activities will feature a silent auction for three necklaces donated by three Warsaw jewelers. Bill and Susan Allen, Allen's Designs, contributed a 14K two-tone sapphire pendant accented with diamonds on a 20-inch strand of pearls with a 14K gold clasp. Bob and Diana Bowers and Ben and Raquel Bowers, Bowers Jewelry, donated an 18K white gold Bellari designer channel-set pendant with 1.8 carats of amethyst, accented with diamonds on an 18-inch 14K white gold Franco chain. Andrew and Rebecca Garrett, Crownover Jewelers, provided a 14K white gold tanzanite and diamond pendant on an 18-inch white gold chain.
Staff Report- | July 28, 2016

City says work could be done by Thanksgiving

Asphalt paving on the Center Street renovation project began this morning, said Kim Leake, Warsaw's public works superintendent. "The curbs are in, the storm sewers and sanitary sewers - the infrastructure - are done," he said. A lot depends on the weather, Leake said, but his goal is to have the whole project done by the week before Thanksgiving. Warsaw Mayor Jeff Plank said the projected goal for completion of the project is two weeks."We want to protect the Christmas shopping season," he said. "Frankly, we got started later than we had hoped," Plank said.The Center Street renovation was delayed because of other projects, such as South Union Street, that had to be finished first.
Laurie Hahn, Times-Union Staff Writer- | July 28, 2016

'Messiah' Comes Alive Nov. 13 At Rodeheaver

Grace Community Orchestra will begin its 13th season at 7:30 p.m.Nov.13 at Rodeheaver Auditorium. Directed by Ardis R.Faber, associate professor of music at Grace College, the orchestra will perform Brahms' "Variations on A Theme by Haydn" and Franz Schubert's "Mass in G Major." Dr.Peter Gano, Grace College music faculty, will give a preconcert lecture at 6:45 p.m.in the hall.The program is free and open to the public. Both works have special significance as this year marks the 200th birthday of Schubert and the hundredth anniversary of Brahms' best known and popular orchestral work. Written in 1873, the work was composed on a theme by Joseph Haydn titled "Chorale of Saint Anthony," which was originally written for wind band by the composer.Eight variations and a finale follow the opening theme that make this work an audience favorite.
Staff Report- | July 28, 2016
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